Catawba County News
BOC Meeting Recap: 4/21/25
Published: April 22, 2025
The April 21, 2025 Board of Commissioners meeting was called to order at 7pm. The agenda for tonight’s meeting can be found at https://bit.ly/3utv5SE.
BOC approved minutes from the Board’s regular meeting of April 7, 2025.
There are 5 Consent Agenda items being presented.
Consent Agenda 1/5: The Finance and Personnel Subcommittee requests the Board of Commissioners appropriate a total of $2,062,927 in current-year revenue over-collections ($1,412,927 in Medicaid Hold Harmless revenue and $650,000 from the sale of surplus county-owned property) to address various one-time capital expenses.
Consent Agenda 2/5: The Finance and Personnel Subcommittee requests the Board of Commissioners approve an existing project funds transfer of $2,937,305.23 to address renovations at Maiden Middle and roof replacement at
Maiden High School.
Consent Agenda 3/5: The Finance and Personnel Subcommittee requests the Board or Commissioners approve its Fiscal Year 2025/26 Annual Plan.
Background:
The Catawba JCPC is a locally appointed board, with members drawn from a list of statutorily recommended community representatives involved with youth, that exists to identify risks of youth in the community, review court data, and identify needed programs to provide juvenile delinquency intervention and prevention services. Funding is provided by the State through the North Carolina Department of Public Safety (DPS) to each county, which then allocates these funds to programs through the JCPC process.
Consent Agenda 4/5: The Finance and Personnel Subcommittee requests the Board of Commissioners:
1. Appropriate funds to establish the Riverbend Park culvert replacement project, which will be reimbursed by FEMA and;
2. Authorize the County Manager to submit a letter to FEMA requesting construction of a bridge to replace the culvert at Riverbend Park as an alternate project and;
3. Adopt a grant project ordinance for the Riverbend Park culvert replacement project.
Consent Agenda 5/5: The Tax Administrator requests the Board of Commissioners to approve nine releases totaling $1,463.75, 51 refunds totaling $36,881.81, and 72 Motor Vehicles Bill adjustments / refunds totaling $5,991.53 requested during the month of March.
Four Commissioners approved all 5 Consent Agenda items. The fourth item requires a second reading and will be voted on again by the full BOC at the next scheduled meeting.
BOC adjourned the meeting at 7:20pm.